Man who fired blanks at Cannes ‘wanted to change world’
The 43-year-old suspect, who fired twice into the air, told police he believed in God and wanted to change the world, a Cannes police spokesman said Saturday. More…
New taxes make electric vehicle owners pay their share
EV buyers have long received a federal tax credit of $7,500, but electric vehicles use the same roads, the same bridges and the same infrastructure as the rest of us. Since they don’t burn gasoline, they’re immune from paying taxes at the pump to fund that infrastructure. That’s going to change. More…
Fans lash out at ‘psychic’ over false Ohio abduction prediction
One of the world’s most recognizable self-proclaimed psychics was wrong yet again about the fate of a missing child, and her followers on social media are taking her to task. Sylvia Browne announced the death of Amanda Berry to her mother in 2004, and said her last words were “goodbye, mom, I love you”. Amanda’s mother would die a year later of what many say was a broken heart. More…
Vehicles pulled from Bayou St. John in search for missing teacher
Divers and crews entered the waters of Bayou St. John early Monday looking for submerged vehicles in an attempt to find missing Jefferson Parish school teacher Terrilynn Monette. A private salvage company is working to remove what officials believe to be at least 20 submerged vehicles. More…
Reese Witherspoon arrested; husband booked on DUI
Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon’s performance as an upset wife earned her a trip to jail and a disorderly conduct charge. "You are going to be on national news," Witherspoon allegedly told a Georgia state trooper as he handcuffed her. More…
Nevada buses 1,500 mentally ill patients out of state
Over the past five years, Nevada’s primary state psychiatric hospital has put more than 1,500 mentally ill patients on Greyhound buses and sent them to cities and towns across America. While they spent more than $200,000 putting patients on Greyhound buses, it is still cheaper since inpatient care runs about $500 per day per patient. More…
Arizona couple moves into tiny 204 square foot home
Carrie and Shane Caverly have said good riddance to the mortgage payments that pester many Americans, opting instead to live in an eco-friendly 204 square foot house-on-wheels they built from scratch. More…
How to be a New Yorker: 11 tips for faking it
Thanks to Woody Allen, the world sees all New Yorkers as apartment-dwelling, self-obsessives who can’t drive. Among the things required to be a New Yorker, you must never look up at the skyline and never take a cab or rent a car. New York rental car drivers are gouged with a 19.875% special sales tax and New Yorkers are never stupid enough to pay it. More…
Carnival has no intent to reimburse U.S. for Triumph help
Senator Jay Rockefeller sent a letter to Carnival CEO Micky Arison alleging that the U.S. Coast Guard responded to 90 “serious events” involving Carnival cruise ships over the past five years, and that American taxpayers have shelled out more than $4 million to cover the Carnival Triumph and Carnival Splendor incidents alone. The senator asked whether Carnival, since it pays “little or nothing in federal taxes,” will reimburse the costs. More…
Pilot ejected when small airplane dove near Chattanooga
The body of a student pilot who was ejected from a small aircraft above an area east of Chattanooga, Tenn., in a freak accident Friday evening was found on Saturday, authorities said. A malfunction caused the Zodiac 601XL plane to nose dive and the canopy flew open – and neither man was wearing a seat belt. More…
Experts disagree over extradition for Amanda Knox
Experts disagreed Tuesday over whether Amanda Knox is likely to be extradited to Italy, where the country’s highest criminal court overturned her acquittal and that of her former boyfriend in the 2007 killing of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. More…
How did fake pilot get into cockpit?
An angry passenger used his mother’s old Air France employee documents to con his way into the cockpit of a US Airways flight last week, according to the criminal complaint filed against him Monday in U.S District Court in Philadelphia. More…
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